Jeremiah 46:6
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 46 connects to 10 cross-references. Oracle against Egypt: the defeat at Carchemish in 605 BCE is described as Egypt's warrior preparing for battle only to be swept away like a flood. God will punish Amon of Thebes and Pharaoh and Egypt. But to Israel: 'Do …
Other Translations
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.
The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the river Phrat, They have stumbled and fallen.
Let not the quick-footed go in flight, or the man of war get away; on the north, by the river Euphrates, they are slipping and falling.
Cross References
And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before …
Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly …
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and …
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the …
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the …